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This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: Playful doesn’t mean trivial any more than solemn means serious Stephen Sondheim … Louvre legacy Manuel Rabaté is leaving Louvre Abu Dhabi, where since 2016 he has been its first and so far [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: Just remember: what you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening Donald Trump … What’s a Tamaas Festival? It’s happening this evening in NYUAD’s East Plaza, it features three terrific acts (Yasmeen [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: You only go around once, but if you play your cards right, once is enough Frank Sinatra … Festival time (contd) The Sikka Art and DesignFestival (Al Shindagha, to 1 Feb) is one you can [ … ]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light Plato … And … we’re back Belated new year greetings [ … ]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present Don Marquis … It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas … It’s the gifting season, apparently, [ … ]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means, what I want and what I fear Joan Didion … Art Dubai intro [ … ]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Huxley … Art Dubai intro info Art Dubai’s 20th anniversary edition (17–19 Apr) – the first under new Fair Director Dunja Gottweis – gets [ … ]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: I wonder if a single thought that has helped forward the human spirit has ever been conceived or written down in an enormous room Kenneth Clark … The place to be No apologies for [ … ]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: Architecture is a dangerous mix of power and importance Rem Koolhaas … Abu Dhabi art week? Abu Dhabi seems to be acquiring an art week, possibly a whole art festival. There’s Abu Dhabi Art (plus its [ … ]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: Literature has the same impact as a match lit in the middle of a field in the middle of the night. The match illuminates relatively little, but it enables us to see [ … ]